The Sentinel Tower stands on the ground.
For people who were born in the age of great decline in human beings, the Sentinel Tower is a kind of miraculous building beyond their imagination. These giant magical devices with a body height of several hundred meters and a total height of a thousand meters including the base and floating height are beyond the contemporary The technological limit of any human country (including the Principality of Cecil), the surging energy of each Sentinel Tower is enough to support the simultaneous operation of all the Mage Towers in the entire Ansu King City, and the many technologies they use include large anti-gravity fields , self-adaptive shield technology, force field joint projection technology, etc., are what today's anthropologists can only look up to.
After establishing the third advance base and ensuring the supply of materials and roads in the rear, Cecil's engineering team continued to march south, and finally arrived at the foot of the Sentinel Tower that needed to be reinforced on Frost Moon 1st. Next to the high ground called "Thunder Hill", engineers laid the first wooden stake for the camp.
"Bruce", a middle-aged craftsman from the royal capital, who was a member of the 100-member aid team and was born as a carpenter, was the chief architect of this "peak base". This short, middle-aged man stood on a large wooden box in the center of the camp, Holding the blueprints for reference in his hand, he stared at the construction of the workers with wide eyes, and his nose, which was red from drinking too much, was even redder and brighter in the smelly wasteland wind.
"Connect the magic net first, don't rush to turn on the obelisk, first connect the base plate and then talk! Those who go to the wall, be careful not to leave the shield range, especially don't leave the breeze barrier. The air here is not good for your health!! Char, Bob, you take the three of you to erect the jammer, or the obelisk won't turn on..."
Bruce's loud voice echoed in the construction site. This middle-aged man from the capital was full of vigor and high spirits. He looked at the busy construction site in front of him, at the exotic wasteland outside the construction site, and at the people who were close at hand. The tension in the huge tower and the dense energy barrier around the tower has all turned into excitement and excitement, and even a little pride.
This is where the great architect should be.
He is from the royal capital and is a senior carpenter. His ancestors have been carpenters for generations, but he has not been a peaceful person since he was born. Bruce Rock swears by his surname, which can tell the dwarf blood of his ancestors at a glance. He was born It is to do great things. He yearns for adventure, and yearns to do great things in the extraordinary field, instead of being a carpenter in the stable capital of the king. It's just his strength, so he still inherited the family's signature in the end, but the development plan of the southern border... gave this restless carpenter hope.
He was one of the few members of the 100-person aid and construction group who volunteered to sign up.
"Is the jammer in place? It is your safety guarantee to report it immediately when it is in place, so don't waste your time!!"
Bruce's loud voice rang out again.
He has indeed seen extraordinary opportunities in the southern border. He has seen the attack of mutants, the rise of a magic city, the establishment of the principality, and the vigorous "Industrial New City Plan". Seize these opportunities and prove your strength in front of the great architect Gordon, and today, he finally encountered the greatest opportunity
Work on the wasteland.
Undoubtedly, this extraordinary "service" will become his greatest achievement. Bruce thinks that he may even be directly named a "big architect" after he goes back, just like Mr. Gordon who is also a "big architect" , becoming one of Cecil's most senior technicians. And there are only a few people in this position, such as "Great Craftsman" Mr. Nicholas Dan, "Master of Magic" Mr. Kamel and Miss Rebecca...
The infrastructure of the camp was quickly laid out, and the magic net units that could be easily assembled were first connected into a powerful array, and several "Steel Ambassadors" were located in the center of these magic net matrices and had already been connected online, but in these Several special devices were first erected throughout the base before the multipurpose tanks that could act as mana obelisks activated their crystals.
Those were poles made of metal. The bottom was deeply buried in the ground, and several parallel "branches" branched out from the two-meter-high place above. A series of runes were distributed on the surface of those branches, and small pieces of crystal It is inlaid on the top of those metal branches like a staff head, exuding a faint light.
These devices are "jammers".
It is very dangerous to use high-power magic devices near the magnificent wall, because the monsters that breed in the magic tide have an irresistible desire for pure magic power, just like the distortions that wander outside will actively approach human towns, The powerful magic obelisk is like a lighthouse in the dark in front of these monsters. It is already located on the high ground of the Sentinel Tower. For some monsters with strong perception, this is already their sniffing area. In order to prevent the powerful monsters from being attracted to the magic obelisk when it is turned on, and to prevent the magnificent wall, which is not in good condition, from being impacted by monsters, the construction workers must do some preparatory work in advance.
Jammers are made for this.
Its forked branches are engraved with the runes of breath concealment, magic power concealment and elemental disturbance. The effects are actually not perfect, but given the average IQ of wasteland monsters, these spell effects are enough to disturb those distortions at a long distance judged.
Of course, if the enemy is close enough, or is a monster with extremely keen perception and initial intelligence, these simple jammers will have no effect. At that time, the safety of the camp will still depend on the magnificent wall and loyal soldiers The guns in his hands are for protection, but as long as he can filter out 60% to 70% of the monsters, he has met Gao Wen's requirements.
On the edge of the camp, Gawain stood on a boulder next to the "Hill of Thunder", watching the trailblazers set up those jammers in several reserved places, and as they were activated one by one, crystals and runes The array shimmered, and the magical aura emanating from the entire camp quickly became weak and chaotic.
This level of camouflage can't hide from high-level or even middle-level powerhouses, but it must be able to filter out more than 70% of the distortions.
The nearby air was slightly distorted, and Amber's figure condensed out of the air. She came to Gao Wen's side and said casually, "The jammer has been activated."
"I saw."
"To be honest, I was relieved after this thing was activated." Amber wiped the sweat that didn't exist on her forehead exaggeratedly, and then she was a little curious, "But then again... you must have this kind of ability to survive in the wasteland." Jamming technology... We rely on jammers to protect the camp, so how do other 'tower repair troops' solve the problem? For example, the team on the western border... "
Gawain glanced at the half-elf: "Are you stuck in your mind again?"
"Hey, what do you mean by that!"
"You still need to ask such a simple question?" Gao Wen casually knocked on Amber's head, "To put it bluntly, a jammer is a spell-casting device, and it's not a high-level magic. Those teams that don't have jammers can just find a few mages and stick them in the camp. Already, stand in a fixed position and perform breath concealment and magic power concealment for a day, and change people when you are tired, or give a chair to sit on."
Amber blinked her eyes, and couldn't help muttering after suddenly realizing it: "Oh my god, after thinking about that scene, I suddenly feel so stupid..."
"Is it stupid? But before the emergence of magic devices that pursue 'generalization' and 'civilian use', all mages actually did this," Gao Wen shrugged. It is an honor to release it, and to this day, transcendents in most areas outside of Cecil still think so."
Hearing Gao Wen's words, even Amber, who usually doesn't like to use her brain very much, couldn't help but think about it. Gao Wen shook his head, turned around and looked in the direction of the Sentinel Tower.
The huge gray-white tower body is suspended in the anti-gravity field, quietly releasing its huge energy between the dirty and twisted world, and the tower-like base is set up on the top of the hill of thunder, part of it Integrating with the hills, a large number of complex structures are hidden deep in the rocks and soil. There are several raised "ridges" extending from the connection between the base and the hills, like the aerial roots of trees extending out on the ground for a long time. The far part extends in the direction of the Black Forest, and the camp established by Cecil's engineering team is located near one of the "ridges".
Gao Wen knew that the "ridge" that looked like aerial roots was actually the integrated sensor and engineering pipeline summarization unit of the Sentinel Tower. Each base would extend out six symmetrically, three of which were located outside the barrier, and the other three The Tao is located inside the barrier. They continuously collect the pollution readings inside and outside the barrier, and upload them to the artificial intelligence of the tower for reference, so as to ensure that the barrier can be adjusted in real time with changes in internal and external pressure. The "adaptive shield" technology is actually realized by relying on these complex and huge sensor arrays.
Just so close to the human kingdom, there is such a superb technological product. However, just because of the obstruction of a black forest and a dark mountain, plus seven hundred years of sinking and decline, Ansu's decline is already impressive. It's hard to imagine... Civilization is really a fragile thing.
What did the elves who once built the sentinel tower think after seeing the sinking status quo of the human kingdom, especially Ansu
Will they despise it? Or will they be amazed, just like people on the earth marvel at the great decline in European technology after the fall of the ancient Roman Empire, and marvel at the replacement of civilization by barbarism? Or... They have no time to lament the decline of human beings, because even they themselves can no longer build the core devices of those towers.
An agile figure jumped onto the huge boulder, and Solderin, holding a short bow, appeared in front of Gawain.
"Sentinels have been arranged in the surrounding area, and no corrupt monsters have been found approaching so far."
"Very well, let the rangers be more vigilant," Gawain nodded slightly, and then said suddenly, "You go and organize a group of elite soldiers, and then call Sonia, and come to see me together."
Solderling froze for a moment: "Call mother? What are you going to do?"
"I want to enter the Sentinel Tower," Gao Wen said, "check the situation inside."
Before Soldering could respond, Amber beside him exclaimed, "Oh my god, are you kidding me?"
"Am I joking about this?" Gawain glanced at the half-elf, "We are here to solve the problem of the Sentinel Tower and only build auxiliary towers and pressure relief points. An excellent architect will bring blueprints and The engineering team can handle it, and the significance of our presence here is to find as many clues as possible from the Sentinel Tower."
"I understand." Soldering lowered his head, "I'll arrange the manpower right away."
"Do I have to go with me too?" Amber couldn't help pointing at her nose, "You didn't tell me before you came that running into the Sentinel Tower and standing 800 meters away from the barrier is already my limit I'm telling you..."
Gao Wen didn't speak, but just looked at her with a half-smile, and after seeing the familiar expression of "you can bb anyway, I'll take you under my armpits later", Amber's pointed ears were still Drooping down: "Okay, okay, who asked me to take your salary..."
"It would have been better to say no earlier."